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The ant colony means the ants living together but here the word colony is normally also used to refer to the physical [[nest]] built underground too. | The ant colony means the ants living together but here the word colony is normally also used to refer to the physical [[nest]] built underground too. | ||
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The different owner status of colonies | The different owner status of colonies | ||
* [[Nest]] | * [[Nest]] | ||
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* [[Controlled Colony]] | * [[Controlled Colony]] | ||
= Properties = | = Properties = <!--T:3--> | ||
The colony has | The colony has | ||
* Population (the number of ants living there). This population is directly related to the zone of control (zoc) that may interfere with other colonies. The area of the zoc in propotional to the polulation, i.e. the radius is propotional to the square root of the population. | * Population (the number of ants living there). This population is directly related to the zone of control (zoc) that may interfere with other colonies. The area of the zoc in propotional to the polulation, i.e. the radius is propotional to the square root of the population. | ||
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* Name | * Name | ||
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Implementation note: All numbers are stored as floating numbers but the user interface rounds values. | Implementation note: All numbers are stored as floating numbers but the user interface rounds values. | ||
= Orders = | = Orders = <!--T:5--> | ||
The player may set what the ants should be doing in the colony. See [[Colony Orders]] | The player may set what the ants should be doing in the colony. See [[Colony Orders]] | ||
= Founding = | = Founding = <!--T:6--> | ||
See [[Build Nest]] and [[Colonize]] | See [[Found New Colony]] (was [[Build Nest]] and [[Colonize]]) | ||
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If 2 (or more) colonies areas overlap they compete for food making it harder to get enough food in both colonies. Both allied and enemy colonies have the same effect. | |||
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* Ordered to expand, the colony expands the nest's capacity. | * Ordered to expand, the colony expands the nest's capacity. | ||
* Ordered to breed the colony do so if there is enough capacity. | * Ordered to breed the colony do so if there is enough capacity. | ||
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* Sometimes cave ins and other accidents occur (decreasing capacity and killing ants) | * Sometimes cave ins and other accidents occur (decreasing capacity and killing ants) | ||
* See [[Technical Implementation]] for the actual calculations being done | * See [[Technical Implementation]] for the actual calculations being done | ||
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